The Festival of Monsters, presented by UC Santa Cruz's Center for Monster Studies, strikes the balance between fun, ...

The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat likely compounds stresses on the iconic butterfly, worrying biologists ...

In their only TV faceoff before Election Day, Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff also tussled over immigration and other issues as ...

In Santa Cruz County business news this week, Jessica M. Pasko reports on a strong summer for local tourism, thanks in part ...

The new, locally produced short film “Dear Watsonville” explores the lives of three Filipino fathers who migrated to ...

Prosecutors in the murder trial of Theo Lengyel began their closing argument, aiming to paint the defendant, a former rock ...

The Santa Cruz City Council voted against easing restrictions on accessory dwelling units Tuesday, fearing lax ADU rules ...

The Watsonville City Council held the second in a series of community forums Saturday looking for solutions to a significant ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously supported a ban on filtered cigarettes in an initial vote Tuesday, but ...

High temperatures drove growth in tourism for Santa Cruz County this summer, as inland California residents fled to the coast.

After sitting dormant for several years, a vacant lot on the corner of 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive has been sold to an affordable-housing developer, which plans to build a new two-tower apartment ...

Proposition 35, one of 10 ballot measures before California voters this fall, would dedicate tax revenue to pay doctors more ...